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Regulations
- Forest Practices Code of BC ActOPERATIONAL AND SITE PLANNING REGULATION
PART 7 - RANGE USE PLANS
Division 2 - Information Supplied by District
Manager
B.C. Reg. 107/98 Deposited April 2, 1998
O.C. 0426/98 effective June 15, 1998 (Consolidated to December 12, 2003)
Division 2
- Information Supplied by District Manager
Information respecting a range use plan - general
52.1 The district manager must give, to a person preparing a range
use plan, a map that contains the following information:
(a) Range Act agreement boundaries;
(b) community watershed boundaries;
 (c) known wildlife habitat areas, but the location of a wildlife habitat area must not be shown if the designated environment official is satisfied that showing it would threaten identified wildlife;
(d) known ungulate winter ranges impacted by the grazing, hay cutting or related
activities;
(e) known resource features or sensitive areas, if the district manager determines that
there is a significant potential for the grazing, hay cutting or related activity to
negatively affect the resource features or sensitive area under the plan;
(f) the intended harvest area, if any;
(g) a range development that is a
structure, excavation or constructed livestock trail.
Information respecting a range use plan - grazing
52.2 The district manager must give the following information to a
person preparing a range use plan for grazing:
(a) strategies for
(i) known ungulate winter range, if range use activity impacts on that ungulate winter
range, and
(ii) known biological diversity objectives;
(b) strategies to
(i) address known resource features or sensitive areas, if the district manager
determines that there is a significant potential for livestock to negatively affect the
resource feature or sensitive area under the plan, and
(ii) achieve or maintain a properly functioning condition in riparian areas;
(c) location of key areas, and for those areas
(i) average stubble height for plant species specified by the district manager,
(ii) range readiness criteria, and
(iii) browse use levels, expressed in terms of the maximum percentage of stems utilized
(d) for areas that the district manager determines have been or may be, negatively
affected in a significant way by livestock,
(i) a description of the current plant communities and the desired plant communities,
and
(ii) strategies to achieve or maintain desired plant communities;
(e) known water quality objectives, including what they are and to what area they
apply;
(f) additional strategies the district
manager believes are necessary to adequately manage and conserve
the forest resources of the area that is subject to the range
use plan.
Information respecting a range use plan - hay cutting
52.3 The district manager must give, to the person developing a range use plan for
hay cutting,
(a) a description of desired plant communities and strategies to achieve or maintain
them, and
(b) range readiness criteria or other
factors to determine the time of harvest.
Information respecting a range use plan prepared by the district manager
52.4 If the district manager, under section 27 (3) of the Act, prepares or amends a range use plan for the holder of an agreement under the Range Act, the district manager must give the holder a copy of the plan or amendment.
District manager may change information
52.5 The district manager may change information given under this Division by
giving notice of the change to the holder of the Range Act agreement to which the
range use plan relates.
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